Decorative object illustrating a disc - Lot 243

Lot n° 243
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250 - 300 EUR
Decorative object illustrating a disc - Lot 243
Decorative object illustrating a disc "Bi" symbol of the sky, finely chiseled of archaic imperial dragons and ideograms. The "Bi" has been used for religious purposes since the Neolithic period in China, the first remains dating from the Liangzhu culture, 3300 years before Christ. The shape of the disc represents the universe and the hole symbolizes the soul of the deceased. The larger the "Bi", the more important the deceased was. This representation was used as a funerary object until the Han dynasty in the second century BC. Black shaded chiseled soft stone . China . Outside diameter 30 cm x inner diameter 6 cm
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